Kennedy Cantala 2022 Tips, Field & Race Guide
Racingbase.com.au is your home of the 2022 Kennedy Cantala. The race will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022, and will be part of Derby Day at Flemington.
Some of the world’s best mile horses will collide in one of four Group 1 races on the day.
We provide you with Kennedy Cantala tips as well as an in depth guide into the runners, horses, final field, barrier draw, news, betting odds and information, and how you can watch a live stream of the race unfold.
CONTENTS: Schedule | Live Stream | Bonus Bets | Tips & Trends | How to Bet | News | Nominations | Field & Barrier Draw | Results & Replays | Odds | History | Winners | Top 5 Winners
| Date | October 29, 2022 |
| Track | Flemington |
| Ditance | 1600m |
| Class | Group 1 |
| Race Type | Quality |
| Prizemoney | $1,500,000 |
| Age | No Age Restrictions |
Kennedy Cantala Tips
Looking for the winner of the Kennedy Cantala can be a daunting task, but keeping some important factors on your side can help you.
Our experts assess all the Kennedy Cantala runners, their form, barrier draws, speedmap and more to help come up with our betting pointers and 2022 tips to help you back the winner.
Our tipster will provide his 2022 Kennedy Cantala tips and selections following the barrier draw.
Kennedy Cantala Live Stream
Australia’s leading bookmaker TAB offers you the chance to watch the 2022 Kennedy Cantala free of charge courtesy of their Sky Racing vision.
TAB will be streaming the action from every Australian thoroughbred, greyhound and harness race live after linking up with Sky Racing to broadcast Sky Racing 1, Sky Racing 2 and Sky Thoroughbred Central.
As well as watching every race in all three racing codes, you can also check the form and bet on them too at TAB via Desktop or the impressive App.
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Kennedy Cantala Nominations
Nominations for the Kennedy Cantala will close at 12pm on Monday, October 24.
Below are the nominations from 2021:
| Horse | Trainer | |
| 1 | ARAMAYO | Chris Waller |
| 2 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller |
| 3 | BALLET MASTER (NZ) | Chris Hyland |
| 4 | BEST OF DAYS (GB) | James Cummings |
| 5 | BUFFALO RIVER (USA) | Michael Moroney |
| 6 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings |
| 7 | CHAILLOT | Archie Alexander |
| 8 | EMBOLISM | Danny O’Brien |
| 9 | FLASH AAH | Matt Kropp |
| 10 | HUNGRY HEART | Chris Waller |
| 11 | ICEBATH (NZ) | Brad Widdup |
| 12 | JUST FOLK | Josh Julius |
| 13 | KAHMA LASS (NZ) | Jamie Richards |
| 14 | KIKU | Chris Waller |
| 15 | KING MAGNUS | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock |
| 16 | LOOKS LIKE ELVIS | Jarrod Austin |
| 17 | LORD VLADIVOSTOK (NZ) | Michael Hickmott |
| 18 | LOVE TAP | Richard & Michael Freedman |
| 19 | LUNAR FOX | Paul Preusker |
| 20 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben & JD Hayes |
| 21 | ONLY WORDS (NZ) | Chris Waller |
| 22 | PRIDE OF JENNI | Symon Wilde |
| 23 | QUANTUM MECHANIC | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) |
| 24 | RIODINI (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott |
| 25 | ROMANCER (NZ) | Grahame Begg |
| 26 | SIERRA SUE (NZ) | Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young |
| 27 | SIRILEO MISS | Symon Wilde |
| 28 | STEINEM (GB) | Ciaron Maher & David Eustace |
| 29 | SUPERSTORM | Danny O’Brien |
| 30 | TOFANE (NZ) | Michael Moroney |
| 31 | ZOUTORI | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra |
Kennedy Cantala Field & Barrier Draw
The final field and barrier draw for the Kennedy Cantala will be declared at 9:30am on Wednesday, October 26.
Below is the field and barrier draw from 2021:
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight |
| 1 | ZOUTORI | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Luke Currie | 13 | 58kg |
| 2 | CASCADIAN (GB) | James Cummings | James McDonald | 15 | 57.5kg |
| 3 | SUPERSTORM | Danny O’Brien | Damien Oliver | 14 | 56kg |
| 4 | RIODINI (NZ) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Rachel King | 10 | 55kg |
| 5 | BUFFALO RIVER (USA) | Michael Moroney | Ms Linda Meech | 4 | 54kg |
| 6 | ARAMAYO | Chris Waller | Glen Boss | 3 | 53.5kg |
| 7 | ICEBATH (NZ) | Brad Widdup | Jye McNeil | 16 | 53.5kg |
| 8 | LUNAR FOX | Paul Preusker | Brett Prebble | 7 | 53kg |
| 9 | KAHMA LASS (NZ) | Jamie Richards | Michael Dee | 1 | 52kg |
| 10 | QUANTUM MECHANIC | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Craig Newitt | 9 | 52kg |
| 11 | CHAILLOT | Archie Alexander | Declan Bates | 12 | 52kg |
| 12 | JUST FOLK | Josh Julius | Dean Holland | 2 | 52kg |
| 13 | ROMANCER (NZ) | Grahame Begg | Will Price (a) | 8 | 52kg |
| 14 | MR BRIGHTSIDE (NZ) | Ben & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 6 | 52kg |
| 15 | KING MAGNUS | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | Dean Yendall | 11 | 52kg |
| 16 | FLASH AAH | Matt Kropp | Ms Madeleine Wishart (a) | 5 | 52kg |
See the 2022 Kennedy Cantala field & barrier draw here.
2021 Kennedy Cantala Results & Replay
| Finish | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Barrier | Weight | SP |
| 1st | SUPERSTORM | Danny O’Brien | Damien Oliver | 12 | 56kg | $8 |
| 2nd | ICEBATH | Brad Widdup | Jye McNeil | 14 | 53.5kg | $6.50 |
| 3rd | CASCADIAN | James Cummings | James McDonald | 13 | 57.5kg | $13 |
| 4th | MR BRIGHTSIDE | Ben & JD Hayes | Craig Williams | 5 | 52kg | $5 |
| 5th | KING MAGNUS | Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock | Dean Yendall | 9 | 52kg | $26 |
| 6th | JUST FOLK | Josh Julius | Dean Holland | 2 | 52kg | $61 |
| 7th | CHAILLOT | Archie Alexander | Declan Bates | 10 | 52kg | $7 |
| 8th | RIODINI | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Rachel King | 8 | 55kg | $17 |
| 9th | ARAMAYO | Chris Waller | Glen Boss | 3 | 53.5kg | $6.50 |
| 10th | QUANTUM MECHANIC | Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | Craig Newitt | 7 | 52kg | $15 |
| 11th | BUFFALO RIVER | Michael Moroney | Ms Linda Meech | 4 | 54kg | $21 |
| 12th | ZOUTORI | Mathew Ellerton & Simon Zahra | Luke Currie | 11 | 58kg | $41 |
| 13th | ROMANCER | Grahame Begg | Will Price (a/48kg) | 6 | 52kg | $61 |
| 14th | KAHMA LASS | Jamie Richards | Michael Dee | 1 | 52kg | $31 |
See more Kennedy Cantala results and replays here.
Kennedy Cantala Odds
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Kennedy Cantala History
The Kennedy Cantala is a Group 1 handicap event run during the Melbourne Cup Carnival in late October or early November.
The race is run over 1600 metres and carries prizemoney of $1,500,000.
In a change to the Melbourne Cup Carnival’s racing program, the Victorian Racing Club (VRC) announced that the Emirates Stakes (held on the final day of the carnival) would become known as the Kennedy Cantala and moved to be run on Derby Day, while the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes would be renamed to the Emirates Stakes and moved to the final day, Stakes Day.
In recent years, the Kennedy Cantala has increased significantly in prizemoney and is widely regarded as one of the richest mile races in the country. It rates just as high as the Autumn Carnival equivalent, the Doncaster Mile.
The race holds a honour roll of winners which reads as a who’s who of mile performers. Names such as Storm Queen (1966), Vain (1969), Family Of Man (1978) Better Loosen Up (1989) and Shaftsbury Avenue (1990) have taken out the race.
In more recent years, winners such as Testa Rossa (2000), Desert Eagle (2001), Happy Trails (2012), Boban (2013), Turn Me Loose (2015), Le Romain (2016) and Shillelagh (2017) have also won the event.
Lead-up races to consider are the Group 1 Toorak Handicap over 1600 metres run on Caulfield Stakes day and the Group 2 Crystal Mile run two weeks later at Moonee Valley. A select few may also come through the Group 1 Cox Plate over 2040 metres run the same day.
| 2021 | Superstorm |
| 2020 | Yulong Prince |
| 2019 | Fierce Impact |
| 2018 | Best Of Days |
| 2017 | Shillelagh |
| 2016 | Le Romain |
| 2015 | Turn Me Loose |
| 2014 | Hucklebuck |
| 2013 | Boban |
| 2012 | Happy Trails |
| 2011 | Albert The Fat |
| 2010 | Wall Street |
| 2009 | All American |
| 2008 | All Silent |
| 2007 | Tears I Cry |
| 2006 | Divine Madonna |
| 2005 | Valedictum |
| 2004 | Sky Cuddle |
| 2003 | Titanic Jack |
| 2002 | Scenic Peak |
| 2001 | Desert Eagle |
| 2000 | Testa Rossa |
TOP 5 Kennedy Cantala Winners
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FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE
Flemington first opened in 1840 and was known originally known as Melbourne Racecourse. The original approach road to the racecourse passed through a property owned by James Watson.
He named his property Flemington after his wife’s hometown of Flemington in Morayshire, Scotland and it is believed that this is how the racecourse’s name was first introduced.
Since then, the track has become the centre-point of Australian thoroughbred horse racing. It was added to the Australian National Heritage list in November 2006 and the site is also listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.
The land in which Flemington racecourse now stands was owned by Robert Fleming who intended to use the area for farming cattle and sheep, along with running a butchery in the early 1800’s.
In 1864, the Victoria Racing Club was introduced to Flemington and up until 2001 acted as the principal authority responsible for managing the racing at the track and across Victoria, Australia.
Flemington hosts a total of 14 Group 1s throughout the Australian racing year, headed by the Melbourne Cup and Victoria Derby in the Spring Carnival in October and November.
The Melbourne Cup has been the centrepiece throughout the history of Flemington Racecourse. The two-mile handicap contest is the richest in the Australian racing calendar and routinely draws hundred of thousands of racegoers to the course each November.
Since its first running in 1861, the Melbourne Cup has produced a vast variety of longing memories at Flemington, both on and off of the track. The blend of over 100,000 attendees and world class thoroughbred racing adds further gloss to Flemington’s already rich history.
In 1875, the Melbourne Cup was awarded public holiday status due to the demand for Australian citizens to witness the unparalleled experience that the raceday provides.
FLEMINGTON TRACK DESCRIPTION
Flemington racecourse boasts a large pear shaped course with a circumference of 2,400 metres. It also has a straight six-furlong home-straight known as ‘The Straight Six’ which hosts many of Australia’s most valuable sprint contests including the Darley Classic.
Racing at Flemington is run in an anticlockwise direction making it a left-handed track with a long, sweeping final turn before the straight.
The track itself underwent a number of improvements during the early 21st century, including a new $45 million grandstand which opened in 2000.
